ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17821012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilmington, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone86.6%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute25.7 min → 23.6 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 4.7%▼ 0.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.5% → 2.1%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 86.6%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone86.6% ±5.4 pp
Carpool3.6% ±1.7 pp
Public transit2.1% ±2.3 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home4.7% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 2,565 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,494± 392 MOE
Workers age 16+2,565± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time2,445± 296 MOE
Estimated home workers120± 61 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.